Lionsgate Unveils the First Trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
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The games are going to be different in the first teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.
Lionsgate has unveiled a surprise teaser trailer, teaser poster, and first-look images for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. With the film releasing in cinemas exactly one year from today, the studio has given us our first look at the new games, which promise to be very different from what we know. The film explores the world of Panem and follows young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
As expected, the trailer is packed full of Hunger Games iconography, tributes fighting for their lives, and all the pomp and circumstance the games demand. If that isn’t enough, the trailer unveils our first look at Glenn Close as Drusilla and Ralph Fiennes as President Snow. So, pack a bag for Panem, and explore the trailer below.
SYNOPSIS
THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING revisits the world of Panem and follows young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
CAST & CREW
Francis Lawrence will direct from a screenplay adaptation by Billy Ray. Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce. Cameron MacConomy will executive produce. As always, the film is based on Suzanne Collins’s novel.
Lawrence has put together a phenomenal cast to bring this chapter of The Hunger Games to the screen. The film will star Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, McKenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee, Maya Hawke as Wiress, Lili Taylor as Mags, Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow, Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, and Ralph Fiennes as President Snow.
Check out the film’s first poster, featuring the glorious new logo.
RELEASE
What a phenomenal first trailer. Fans have always wondered how Haymitch Abernathy survived his Hunger Games, and now, that quest is about to be realized. Based on the trailer, fans will be eating well when the film debuts next year. With the star power of Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, and McKenna Grace, plus the exceptional production value, the film looks like a shoo-in to deliver a spectacular addition to The Hunger Games filmography. So get ready to make your tributes, because this event will be a killer!
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will release in cinemas on November 20, 2026.
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